A meeting in support of the British Empire Leprosy Relief Association was held on January 31, at the Mansion House, the Lord Mayor presiding. The Association is appealing for ?250,000 to extend the cure for leprosy which is believed to have been found, and also to continue research work. The speakers were Lord Chelmsford, Chairman of the Association, the Duke of Devonshire, Sir Humphrey Rollest...

The Moran collection, which has been catalogued over the last two years, has presented the archivist with a number of interesting problems, besides those normally associated with a collection of personal papers. The extensive collection' had been used by Professor Lovell for his biography of Lord Moran while it was still at the family homes and it was following an approach by the archivist of t...

   Measuring the performance of a production system has been an important task in management for purposes of control, planning, etc. Lord Kelvin said :“When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind.” Hence, manag...

A DSMC (direct simulation Monte Carlo) simulation using Dynamical Molecular Collision (DMC) model based on Molecular Dynamics (MD) calculation with various gas-surface interaction models is applied for solving the two-dimensional nonequilibrium hypersonic rarefied flow over a flat plate with leading edge angle. The gas surface interaction models adopt the diffuse reflection model, the Cercignan...

residence in St. John's Wood. Our readers will remember that Lord St. Leonards, when Lord Chancellor, after having a personal interview with Mrs. Cumming, and hearing a learned and elaborate argument in reference to the question, whether the petition for a traverse should be granted, decided, that Mrs. Cumming was entitled to a new trial. It was generally expected that the question of this lady...

1. “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord”. In the words of this beautiful canticle, Saint Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace us. “Praise be to you, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, and who produces various fruit with coloured f...

between the right to kill and the right to die he concluded that the official solicitor's appeal should be dismissed. Lord Justice Balcombe warned against setting down "an all embracing test since the circumstances of these tragic cases are so infinitely various." Similarly, Lord Justice Taylor thought that the proper criterion must be a matter of degree and that all the circumstances should be...

1. “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord”. In the words of this beautiful canticle, Saint Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace us. “Praise be to you, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, and who produces various fruit with coloured f...

ated Trade Unions, has recently ascended to the Throne on the death of Lord Williams, our beloved Monarch for so many years. His Lordship described the continuing success of the present form of government, which has so effectively resolved all the vexed Problems of party politics. He finished his distinguished oration by welcoming Lord Higgins, recently appointed to the peerage for his outstand...

1. “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord”. In the words of this beautiful canticle, Saint Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace us. “Praise be to you, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, and who produces various fruit with coloured f...